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The $23M renovation of MSUM's historic Weld Hall, covered by Inforum and WDAY TV, directly affects the Moorhead campus and regional business community.
Be More Colorful, a Fargo-based company using virtual reality for career exploration, has reached classrooms across 26 states over its decade in operation, reflecting regional workforce-development activity.
The $23M renovation and reopening of the historic Weld Building at MSUM, covered by Inforum and WDAY TV, signals significant capital investment at a regional university in the FM area.
The closure removes a north Fargo dining establishment that opened in 2020, signaling another vacancy at Edgewood Golf Course after the previous restaurant, Divots, also folded.
Regional college and university students with pre-revenue business concepts can compete for up to $3,500 and present to regional business leaders at Barry Auditorium on November 17.
FM convenience stores and restaurants are using the Too Good To Go app to sell discounted surplus food bags, offering a local food-waste reduction option with no contracts required for participating businesses.
Borgerding joined MSUM's Information Technology team in July, bringing about 12 years of experience in a big enterprise network to a role involving campus networking and security threat analysis.
A commercial redevelopment tax incentive under discussion in Fargo could significantly accelerate local development activity, according to a county leader.
Bannister supervises graduate students in clinical assignments and provides speech services in the West Fargo school district, with plans to build contract-service partnerships with local schools.
Filings from the past week include Chapter 7, 12, and 13 petitions from Fargo, Moorhead, and surrounding Clay, Otter Tail, and Polk counties relevant to FM-area business readers.
Petersen spoke at the Big Iron Farm Show in West Fargo, noting mixed crop conditions across Minnesota — including corn zeroed out near Halstad — directly relevant to FM-area agricultural producers.
The $23 million renovation of MSUM's oldest building, completed after nine years of funding efforts, adds a 400-seat auditorium and restored arts spaces to the Moorhead campus.
Peacock, who most recently led Zoo Boise in Idaho, takes over from Sally Mulvena at a Fargo-Moorhead institution following a nationwide search.
Soybean yields in the northern Plains have been better than expected, but quality issues in southern Minnesota and South Dakota and uncertainty around USDA grain estimates directly affect regional producers and grain markets.
The profile of a sole-operator micro-business running voice and piano lessons from a private Moorhead residence illustrates the small-business landscape serving the FM area's arts and education market.
The ruling affects Riverview's two large dairies being built in the Red River Valley, directly adjacent to the FM region.
Badland Batteries, a Packet Digital subsidiary that received a $50 million federal award, opened what CEO Terri Zimmermann calls the first U.S. lithium-ion battery factory purpose-built for drones and autonomous systems.
FM momentum this week — coverage volume, trending topics & most-active companies.
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